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The sensuous men and women of Arbonne, a sun-blessed country of olive trees and vineyards, worship the mother goddess.

China, 8th century. Shen Tai is the son of a general who led his forces in the empire's last war against their western enemies - a war where forty thousand men on both sides died.

The Kingdom of Al-Rassan is home to three nations. Once mighty, the kingdom has been splintered by rival kings and fanatical religious leaders.

When Arabella Slominski Boot catches her loutish husband in bed with her best friend, she packs up, takes her son Kenny and drives to Louisiana to see her mother.

Fifteen-year-old Ned Marriner accompanies his photographer father to France, where he is working on a coffee-table book.

As World War II escalates, dilemmas face adopted siblings Christine and Henry Delaney.

It's been fourteen years since rock singer Adelia Winters escaped the small town of Cherry Lake.

Thirty-year-old engineer Amira Khan has set one rule for herself: no dating until her grad-school thesis is done.

Summer 1755, Acadia. Amľie Belliveau lives with her family in Grande Pr,̌ Nova Scotia.

Grania is deaf, a victim of scarlet fever at age five in early 1900s Canada. After learning sign language and speech she meets and marries Jim, with whom she develops a special vocabulary.

1759. The North American colonies of Britain and France are pulled into war, and the loyalties of many New York merchants, who have secretly been trading with the French for years, are divided.

For the past twelve years, the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report has ranked Iceland number one on its list of countries closing the gap in equality between men and women.

Marie-Anne Lagimodière was a force to be reckoned with.

Migration is perhaps the most pressing issue of our time, and it has completely decentered European politics in recent years.

On the eve of International Women's Day in 2015, the Chinese government arrested five feminist activists and jailed them for thirty-seven days.